# University of Barcelona

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/university-of-barcelona/  
**Website:** https://www.ub.edu/  
**APIs profiled:** 3

The University of Barcelona (Universitat de Barcelona, UB) is a public research university founded in 1450 and based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It is ranked #165 in the QS World University Rankings 2025. Its publicly documented developer/API footprint is limited and primarily centered on library and scholarly infrastructure: the Dipòsit Digital de la Universitat de Barcelona runs DSpace 7.6.6, exposing a public REST API and an OAI-PMH metadata-harvesting endpoint. The university also operates centralized single sign-on (SSO) supporting SAML 2.0 / CAS, and publishes institutional open data through its transparency portal. No central, branded public developer portal or official organization-wide GitHub account was confirmed.

## Kin Score — 21.3 / 100 (emerging)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 21.3).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 64.8 |
| Contract Quality | 11.3 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 21.1 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 14.3 |
| Commercial Clarity | 28.9 |
| Access Clarity | 28.9 |

Regulatory layer — **Education & Research**: 31.5 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 11.5 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Free — onboarding: unknown, pricing: free, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (3)

- **Dipòsit Digital REST API (DSpace 7)** — Public DSpace 7.6.6 REST API for the Dipòsit Digital de la Universitat de Barcelona, the institutional repository of teaching, research and institutional output. The API root ad...
- **Dipòsit Digital OAI-PMH** — OAI-PMH metadata-harvesting endpoint for the Dipòsit Digital de la Universitat de Barcelona. The Identify verb returns the repository name and OAI-PMH 2.0 metadata. Used for har...
- **UB Centralized SSO (SAML 2.0 / CAS)** — Universitat de Barcelona centralized single sign-on (Identificació UB) providing federated authentication for university web applications. Supports SAML 2.0 and CAS protocols. T...

## Security (1)

- **University Of Barcelona Domain Security** — TLSv1.2 · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **University Of Barcelona Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Education, Higher Education, University, Spain, Catalonia, Open Data, Library, Scholarly, Repository, DSpace, OAI-PMH

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/university-of-barcelona/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.